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Ellen Taylor-Powell on Teaching and Learning Materials for Evaluation Capacity Building

2 Comments / Extension Education Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Teaching of Evaluation / June 3, 2010

Hi, my name is Ellen Taylor-Powell; I am an evaluation specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Extension.  Evaluation capacity building is my passion. Over my career, I’ve had the pleasure to partner with extension educators who excel in making learning relevant, practical and fun!  I’d like to let you know about two resources that bring together …

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Bi Deng on the Utility of GIS

3 Comments / Integrating Technology into Evaluation / June 4, 2010

Hi, my name is Bi Deng. I am a doctoral student at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) studying Organizational Behavior with a co-concentration in Evaluation. Back in 2009, I attended a CGU workshop by our GIS specialist Warren Roberts and was blown away by the utility of GIS in social science research, particularly for evaluation projects. …

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Norma Martinez-Rubin on Mentorship and Involvement in AEA

2 Comments / Graduate Student and New Evaluators / June 17, 2010

My name is Norma Martinez-Rubin and I am an independent program evaluator, occasional trainer, and public health practitioner. Having chosen program evaluation as a second-career focus (www.EvaluationFocused.com) the necessity to ramp up, jump in, and practice the art and science of evaluation as best possible led me to revisit a career strategy to which I …

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Tamara Bertrand Jones on Finding and Working With a Mentor

Leave a Comment / Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / June 2, 2010

I’m Tamara Bertrand Jones and I evaluate programs and services in Student Affairs at Florida State University. I’ve always been intrigued by the ways that different people develop the skills they need in order to be successful in their chosen profession. Fundamental to the success of budding evaluators is the important interaction with successful evaluation …

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Beverly Parsons on Communities of Learning, Inquiry, and Practice (CLIPs)

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / May 27, 2010

My name is Beverly Parsons and I’m the executive director of InSites,  a non-profit research, evaluation, and planning organization. We use a systems orientation and conduct evaluations related to education, social services, community change, and health. I’m an AEA board member. I have a tip about how to build evaluation capacity through a type of …

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IRB Part II: Stephen Meyer on Contracting with Commercial Providers

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting / May 21, 2010

My name is Stephen Meyer and I am a Senior Research Associate with RMC Research Corporation in Denver, Colorado. RMC Research conducts research and evaluation related to a wide range of education topics. Colleagues and I recently noted on AEA’s LinkedIn group that there are at least three ways to address the issue of Institutional …

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Deborah Grodzicki on Asking Sensitive Questions during Interviews and/or Focus Groups

2 Comments / Qualitative Methods / May 21, 2010

Hello, my name is Deborah Grodzicki and I just received my Masters in Organizational Behavior and Evaluation from Claremont Graduate University.  I plan to pursue a PhD in Evaluation at UCLA in the fall.  Prior to attending Claremont Graduate University, I investigated complaints against New York City police officers.  During my time as an investigator, …

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C Brown & A Walmsley on Achieving Successful Semester-Long Program Eval Experiences

Leave a Comment / Teaching of Evaluation / July 27, 2010

Hi!  We are Carrie M. Brown (student) & Angela Walmsley (professor) from Saint Louis University.  Today we will be sharing some tips on having a successful semester-long evaluation experience. Graduate students can become discouraged to conduct a program evaluation by thinking it will take too long to complete and by not having direct assistance from …

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Sally Bond on Peer Review to Improve Evaluation Consulting Practice and Reports

Leave a Comment / Independent Consulting, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / April 27, 2010

My name is Sally L. Bond, President & Senior Consultant, The Program Evaluation Group, LLC. In 2004, Marilyn Ray (Finger Lakes Law & Social Policies Center, Inc.) and I began development of a peer review process for the American Evaluation Association’s Independent Consulting TIG. One of the defining objectives of the IC TIG is to …

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